Hello from Eastern LI, NY ( and the Birkshire mountians MA)

[laurenB]

Thank you so much for hosting this wonderful site! I look forward to sharing all of our adventures

I had a detector years ago ...but my darn brother took it, time for a new one. I was not, am not very skilled.

I am about to purchase a new detector (I just bought a Garret PinPointer Pro ..and I love it) and I would like some advice. I am looking at purchasing an 'upper mid level' machine.

1) I am old, lol, almost 60 .. so it has to be light weight!

2) I have a house on the eastern end of Long Island which means I will occasionally be hunting on the beach

3) I have a large house and some barns in MA that were built in the early 1800's and will be tearing them down. Now that that decision has been made I can tear down walls etc ... and at least take a peak into the 'missing spaces' in between a couple of walls. My question what type of metal detector would be best inside an old house?

I do have an advantage here ... other then a couple of electrical outlets installed many years ago everything is original. (There is also remnants of a tennis court built in the early 1900's) and a river (lots of quartz) ... so I have a lot to look forward to but my main concern now is looking inside the house .. I have watched videos and read books .. now I am ready to search .. so again, which detector do you think would do well in a house?

So those are my questions. I would love to meet up with other people on Long Island if they would be interested in having a 'newbie' along with the . Thank you! Lauren

 

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[Blackadder]

Welcome aboard LaurenB. Sounds like an intresting place where you live with those old houses .

Hope you will find your MD very soon and HH !!

 

[justdon]

Welcome from florida.

 

[Digger2]

Welcome from Louisiana....

 

[vpnavy]

Welcome aboard from the great state of Pennsylvania (USA).

You might consider browsing Sub-Forums: New York for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state.

 

[smalltowngirl13]

Hello and welcome to the forum! Happy hunting!

 

[copperpenny]

Welcome from SoCal, HH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[laurenB]

Thank you for saying hello. I don't see any detector recommendations ... lol .. but, I understand that ... So I read a lot of forum threads & watched a lot of youtube videos. From the threads I gathered that the detector is only as good as the time you are willing to put into it and that Whites seems to be easiest and has more detector head options. Putting all that info together (endless hours of youtube) I just purchased a White's Spectra 3vi. I really liked the look of the screen and I think if I spend enough time with it I can learn the variables. One of my goals is to end up buying one without that screen .. they seem to be just as powerful but lighter in weight. So now I have some White's bonus bucks .. I was thinking about the wireless head phones ... had anyone used them? My thought is that you might not hear as much.
Again, thank you for the welcome :-)

 

[River Rat]

Lauren

 

[Metal Detecting Stuff]

Welcome Lauren! The Whites wireless headphones are very nice, but you might also consider an extra coil. The 6X10 is a great coil to complement your existing coil. Inside the house will be a challenge, I've run a propointer over walls before, but others may have some good suggestions. By the way, visited the Berkshire Mountains a couple of years ago. Lots of great old farmhouses up in that area!

Wayne

Metal Detector Sales and Rentals | Fisher, Garrett, Minelab, Lesche and DetectorPro

 

[laurenB]

Welcome Lauren! The Whites wireless headphones are very nice, but you might also consider an extra coil. The 6X10 is a great coil to complement your existing coil. Inside the house will be a challenge, I've run a propointer over walls before, but others may have some good suggestions. By the way, visited the Berkshire Mountains a couple of years ago. Lots of great old farmhouses up in that area!

Wayne

Metal Detector Sales and Rentals | Fisher, Garrett, Minelab, Lesche and DetectorPro

Thank you Wayne. What brand is the 6 x 10? I am new lol!

 

[Metal Detecting Stuff]

The 6x10 is a Whites Eclipse coil in a DD configuration.

Wayne

www.metaldetectingstuff.com

 

[Urban Grund]

Welcome from Michigan!